Method and device in node for wireless communication

ABSTRACT

The disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node first receives first information and second information, and then transmits a first radio signal in W1 time sub-window(s); the first information is used for determining X candidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time length equal to a first time length, and the first time length is fixed; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) comprises Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the second information is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2019/095953, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, claiming the priority benefitof Chinese Application No. 201810852866.3, filed on Jul. 30, 2018, thefull disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The disclosure relates to transmission methods and devices in wirelesscommunication systems, and in particular to a multicarrier,multi-antenna and bandwidth related transmission method and device inwireless communication.

Related Art

Application scenarios of future wireless communication systems arebecoming increasingly diversified, and different application scenarioshave different performance requirements on systems. In order to meetdifferent performance requirements of various application scenarios, the3^(rd) Generation Partner Project (3GPP) Radio Access Network (RAN) #72plenary session decided to conduct the study of New Radio (NR). The workitem of NR was approved at the 3GPP RAN #75 session to standardize theNR.

As Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services are developing rapidly, 3GPP hasalso started the standardization work and researches under NR framework.At present, 3GPP has accomplished the work of formulation ofrequirements for 5G V2X services, which are captured by standardTS22.886. 3GPP identifies and defines four use case groups for 5G V2Xservices, including Vehicles Platnooning, Extended Sensors, AdvancedDriving and Remote Driving. The Study Item (SI) of technical research ofNR V2X was approved at the 3GPP RAN #80 session.

SUMMARY

Compared with existing LTE systems, 5G NR has one significant feature bywhich it can support a more flexible numerology, including SubcarrierSpacing (SCS) and Cyclic Prefix (CP) length, and can support a moreflexible frame structure, including mini-slot, sub-slot and slotaggregation. This kind of flexible numerology and flexible framestructure can better meet various new service requirements, especiallythe very diverse service requirements of vertical industries. Comparedwith LTE V2X systems, NR V2X services, as one important part of verticalindustries, have higher throughput, higher reliability, lower latency,further transmission distance, more accurate positioning, highervariability in packet size and transmission periodicity, and keytechnical features coexisting with current 3GPP technologies andnon-3GPP technologies more efficiently. In order to meet these higherperformance requirements, NR V2X is expected to follow and furtherenhance the designs of flexible numerology and flexible frame structurein existing 5G NR systems.

In view of the problems of supporting a flexible numerology and aflexible frame structure in NR V2X, the disclosure provides a solution.It should be noted that the embodiments of the UE of the disclosure andthe characteristics in the embodiments may be applied to the basestation, and vice versa. The embodiments of the disclosure and thecharacteristics in the embodiments may be mutually combined arbitrarilyif no conflict is incurred.

The disclosure provides a method in a first-type communication node forwireless communications, comprising:

receiving first information and second information; and

transmitting a first radio signal in W1 time sub-window(s).

Herein, the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupiedby the first radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s)includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to thesubcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal;the second information is used for indicating W candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is apositive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not less than the W;and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate timesub-window(s).

In one embodiment, a time-domain resource pool for the first radiosignal is configured hierarchically through the first information andthe second information, which provides a scheme of configuration of atime-domain resource pool for supporting various different numerologiesand frame structures. The two-level configuration scheme can ensure theflexibilities of numerology and frame structure in the condition ofbeing seamless compatible with LTE V2X.

In one embodiment, compared with a single-level configuration scheme ofa time-domain resource pool in LTE V2X, the hierarchical configurationscheme of a time-domain resource pool based on a numerology of the firstradio signal and employing the first information and the secondinformation may reduce overheads of signalings, reduce a probability ofcollision when out of coverage, and reduce a complexity ofimplementation due to various different numerologies and framestructures.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method ischaracterized in that: any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-window(s) is(are) Wconsecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among the Ycandidate time sub-windows to ensure a continuity of resources whenselecting a time-domain resource pool, which may avoid fragmentation ofresources due to various different numerologies and frame structures,and may effectively reduce the probability of collision when out ofcoverage.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method ischaracterized in that: the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) toone of Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidatetime sub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidatetime sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining out of the Q candidate timesub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidatetime sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window setsinclude two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other,candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, the design of the Q candidate time sub-window setsemploys a nested structure, and when devices employing differentnumerologies and/or frame structures share a same resource pool, aprobability of collision may be greatly reduced, thus a success rate oftransmission is improved.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method furtherincludes:

receiving third information; and

transmitting a first signaling.

Herein, the third information is used for determining the W1 timesub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, the firstsignaling is used for indicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and thefirst signaling is transmitted via a first air interface.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method furtherincludes:

monitoring a second radio signal in M time window(s).

Herein, a monitor of the second radio signal assumes that there aretime-domain resources reserved for a radio signal other than the firstradio signal within X1 candidate time window(s) out of the X candidatetime window(s), and the X1 is a non-negative integer not greater thanthe X; when the second radio signal is detected in one of the M timewindow(s), a time-domain position of the second radio signal is used fordetermining the X1 candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate timewindow(s); an end time of any one of the M time window(s) is not laterthan a start time of any one of the X candidate time window(s), and theM is a positive integer.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method ischaracterized in that: a monitor of the second radio signal assumes thatthere are time-domain resources reserved for a radio signal other thanthe first radio signal within Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of theY candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y1 is a non-negative integer notgreater than the Y; when the second radio signal is detected in a targettime window, a time-domain position of time-domain resources occupied bythe second radio signal in the target time window is used fordetermining the Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s), and the target time window is one of the M timewindow(s).

The disclosure provides a method in a second-type communication node forwireless communications, wherein the method includes:

transmitting first information and second information.

Herein, the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; a first radio signal is transmitted by a receiverof the first information in W1 time sub-window(s), for a subcarrierspacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the Xcandidate time window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), andthe Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method ischaracterized in that: any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method ischaracterized in that: the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) toone of Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidatetime sub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidatetime sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining out of the Q candidate timesub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidatetime sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window setsinclude two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other,candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, the above method furtherincludes:

transmitting third information.

Herein, the third information is used for determining the W1 timesub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

The disclosure provides a first-type communication node for wirelesscommunication, wherein the first-type communication node includes:

a first receiver, to receive first information and second information;and

a first transceiver, to transmit a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s).

Herein, the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupiedby the first radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s)includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to thesubcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal;the second information is used for indicating W candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is apositive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not less than the W;and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate timesub-window(s).

The disclosure provides a second-type communication node for wirelesscommunication, wherein the second-type communication node includes:

a first transmitter, to transmit first information and secondinformation.

Herein, the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; a first radio signal is transmitted by a receiverof the first information in W1 time sub-window(s), for a subcarrierspacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the Xcandidate time window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), andthe Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, compared with the methods in existing LTE V2X, thedisclosure has the following advantages.

Through the hierarchical configuration of a time-domain resource pool inV2X, a scheme of configuration of a time-domain resource pool isprovided for supporting various different numerologies and framestructures. The two-level configuration scheme can ensure theflexibilities of configurations of numerology and frame structure in thecondition of being seamless compatible with LTE V2X.

The adoption of the hierarchical configuration scheme of a time-domainresource pool may reduce overheads of signalings, reduce a probabilityof collision when out of coverage, and reduce a complexity ofimplementation due to various different numerologies and framestructures.

A continuity of resources is ensured when resources of a time-domainresource pool are selected, which may avoid fragmentation of resourcesdue to various different numerologies and frame structures, and mayeffectively reduce a probability of collision when out of coverage.

A nested structure is employed to limit candidate distributions (orpatterns) of a time-domain resource pool, and when devices employingdifferent numerologies and/or frame structures share a same resourcepool, the probability of collision may be greatly reduced, thus asuccess rate of transmission is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other features, purposes and advantages of the disclosure will becomemore apparent from the detailed description of non-restrictiveembodiments taken in conjunction with the following drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of transmission of first information, secondinformation and a first radio signal according to one embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a network architecture according to oneembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a radio protocol architecture of a userplane and a control plane according to one embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first-type communication node and asecond-type communication node according to one embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating two first-type communication nodesaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of transmission of a radio signal according to oneembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of transmission of a radio signal according toanother embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between X candidate timewindows and W candidate time sub-windows according to one embodiment ofthe disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between W candidate timesub-windows and Y candidate time sub-windows according to one embodimentof the disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating Q candidate time sub-window setsaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between X1 candidatetime windows and M time windows according to one embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between Y1 candidatetime sub-windows and a target time window according to one embodiment ofthe disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a structure block diagram illustrating a processing device ina first-type communication node according to one embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 14 is a structure block diagram illustrating a processing device ina second-type communication node according to one embodiment of thedisclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical scheme of the disclosure is described below in furtherdetail in conjunction with the drawings. It should be noted that theembodiments in the disclosure and the characteristics of the embodimentsmay be arbitrarily combined if no conflict is incurred.

Embodiment 1

Embodiment 1 illustrates an example of a flowchart of transmission offirst information, second information and a first radio signal accordingto one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, eachbox represents one step. In Embodiment 1, the first-type communicationnode in the disclosure receives first information and second informationin S101, and transmits a first radio signal in W1 time sub-window(s) inS102; wherein the first information is used for determining X candidatetime window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a timelength equal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, andthe X is a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrieroccupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidate timewindow(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is relatedto the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radiosignal; the second information is used for indicating W candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is apositive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not less than the W;and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate timesub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the first information is one piece of higher layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the first information is one piece of physical layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the first information is transmitted through onephysical layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the first information is transmitted through onehigher layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the first information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of higher layer information.

In one embodiment, the first information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of physical layer information.

In one embodiment, the first information is transmitted through aDownlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH).

In one embodiment, the first information is transmitted through aPhysical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

In one embodiment, the first information includes one or more fields inone System Information Block (SIB).

In one embodiment, the first information includes one or more fields inRemaining System Information (RMSI).

In one embodiment, the first information includes a part or entirety ofone Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.

In one embodiment, the first information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the first information includes part or all fields inone Information Element (IE) in one piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the first information is broadcast.

In one embodiment, the first information is unicast.

In one embodiment, the first information is cell specific.

In one embodiment, the first information is UE specific.

In one embodiment, the first information is transmitted through aPhysical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

In one embodiment, the first information includes part or all fields inone Downlink Control Information (DCI) signaling.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first information is used fordetermining the X candidate time window(s) refers that: the firstinformation is used by the first-type communication node to determinethe X candidate time window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first information is used fordetermining the X candidate time window(s) refers that: the firstinformation indicates directly the X candidate time window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first information is used fordetermining the X candidate time window(s) refers that: the firstinformation indicates indirectly the X candidate time window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first information is used fordetermining the X candidate time window(s) refers that: the firstinformation indicates explicitly the X candidate time window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first information is used fordetermining the X candidate time window(s) refers that: the firstinformation indicates implicitly the X candidate time window(s).

In one embodiment, the first information employs a same design as an“sl-Subframe” of an IE “SL-CommResourcePool” in 3GPP TS36.331 (v15.2.0).

In one embodiment, the second information is one piece of higher layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the second information is one piece of physical layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the second information is transmitted through onephysical layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the second information is transmitted through onehigher layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the second information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of higher layer information.

In one embodiment, the second information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of physical layer information.

In one embodiment, the second information is transmitted through aDL-SCH.

In one embodiment, the second information is transmitted through aPDSCH.

In one embodiment, the second information includes one or more fields inone SIB.

In one embodiment, the second information includes one or more fields inan RMSI.

In one embodiment, the second information includes a part or entirety ofone RRC signaling.

In one embodiment, the second information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the second information includes part or all fields inone IE in one piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the second information is broadcast.

In one embodiment, the second information is unicast.

In one embodiment, the second information is cell specific.

In one embodiment, the second information is UE specific.

In one embodiment, the second information is transmitted through aPDCCH.

In one embodiment, the second information includes part or all fields inone DCI signaling.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used forindicating the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s) refers that: the second information is used forindicating directly the W candidate time sub-window(s) from the Ycandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used forindicating the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s) refers that: the second information is used forindicating indirectly the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used forindicating the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s) refers that: the second information is used forindicating explicitly the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used forindicating the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s) refers that: the second information is used forindicating implicitly the W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the second information includes one bitmap, each bitin the bitmap represents one of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), eachbit “0” in the bitmap indicates that a candidate time sub-windowrepresented by the bit “0” is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s),and each bit “1” in the bitmap indicates that a candidate timesub-window represented by the bit “1” is a candidate time sub-windowother than the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the second information includes one bitmap, each bitin the bitmap represents one of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), eachbit “1” in the bitmap indicates that a candidate time sub-windowrepresented by the bit “1” is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s),and each bit “0” in the bitmap indicates that a candidate timesub-window represented by the bit “0” is a candidate time sub-windowother than the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted via an air interface.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted via a Uu interface.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted through a radio signal.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted from the second-type communication node to the first-typecommunication node.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted from a higher layer of the first-type communication node toa physical layer of the first-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretransmitted inside the first-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aresemi-statically configured and dynamically configured respectively.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information areboth semi-statically configured.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information areboth dynamically configured.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretwo different IEs in one same piece of RRC information.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretwo different fields in one same IE in one same piece of RRCinformation.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretwo IEs in two different pieces of RRC information.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretwo different fields in one same DCI.

In one embodiment, the first information and the second information aretwo fields in two different DCIs.

In one embodiment, time-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal belong to the W1 time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, time-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal belong to partial of the W1 time sub-windows, wherein the W1 isgreater than 1.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal occupies each of the W1 timesub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal occupies partial of the W1time sub-windows, wherein the W1 is a positive integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the W1 is equal to 1.

In one embodiment, the W1 is a positive integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through asidelink.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted via a PC5interface.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is unicast.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is multicast.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is broadcast.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries one Transport Block(TB).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through a datachannel.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through acontrol channel.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal includes both a data signaland a control channel.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through aSidelink Shared Channel (SL-SCH).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through aPhysical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal is transmitted through aPhysical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries Sidelink ControlInformation (SCI).

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries both an SCI and a TB.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries Scheduling Assignment(SA) information.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal includes an initialtransmission of one TB.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal includes a retransmission ofone TB.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation, layermapping, precoding, mapping to resource element, OFDM baseband signalgeneration, and modulation and upconversion to obtain the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation, layermapping, precoding, mapping to virtual resource blocks, mapping fromvirtual to physical resource blocks, OFDM baseband signal generation,and modulation and upconversion to obtain the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, segmentation, code block-level CRC insertion, channel coding,rate matching, concatenation, scrambling, modulation, layer mapping,precoding, mapping to resource element, OFDM baseband signal generation,and modulation and upconversion to obtain the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, segmentation, code block-level CRC insertion, channel coding,rate matching, concatenation, scrambling, modulation, layer mapping,precoding, mapping to virtual resource blocks, mapping from virtual tophysical resource blocks, OFDM baseband signal generation, andmodulation and upconversion to obtain the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation, layermapping, transform precoding, precoding, mapping to resource element,OFDM baseband signal generation, and modulation and upconversion toobtain the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation, layermapping, transform precoding, precoding, mapping to virtual resourceblocks, mapping from virtual to physical resource blocks, OFDM basebandsignal generation, and modulation and upconversion to obtain the firstradio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, segmentation, code block-level CRC insertion, channel coding,rate matching, concatenation, scrambling, modulation, layer mapping,transform precoding, precoding, mapping to resource element, OFDMbaseband signal generation, and modulation and upconversion to obtainthe first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one TB is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, segmentation, code block-level CRC insertion, channel coding,rate matching, concatenation, scrambling, modulation, layer mapping,transform precoding, precoding, mapping to virtual resource blocks,mapping from virtual to physical resource blocks, OFDM baseband signalgeneration, and modulation and upconversion to obtain the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, one SCI is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation,mapping to physical resource, OFDM baseband signal generation, andmodulation and upconversion to obtain the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, one SCI is processed in sequence through CRCinsertion, channel coding, rate matching, scrambling, modulation,transform precoding, mapping to physical resource, OFDM baseband signalgeneration, and modulation and upconversion to obtain the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, each of the X candidate time window(s) is onesubframe.

In one embodiment, each of the X candidate time window(s) is one radioframe.

In one embodiment, each of the X candidate time window(s) is one slot.

In one embodiment, the X candidate time window(s) is(are) contiguous intime domain.

In one embodiment, the X candidate time window(s) is(are) discrete intime domain.

In one embodiment, the X candidate time window(s) occupies(occupy)contiguous time-domain resources in time domain.

In one embodiment, the X candidate time window(s) occupies(occupy)discrete time-domain resources in time domain.

In one embodiment, other time-domain resources than the X candidate timewindows are located between two of the X candidate time windows in timedomain, wherein the X is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, no time-domain resource other than the X candidatetime windows is located between two of the X candidate time windows intime domain, wherein the X is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, any two of the X candidate time windows areorthogonal.

In one embodiment, no time-domain resource belongs to two of the Xcandidate time windows.

In one embodiment, the first time length is equal to 1 ms.

In one embodiment, the first time length is equal to 10 ms.

In one embodiment, the first time length is equal to a time length ofone subframe.

In one embodiment, the first time length is equal to a length of apositive integer number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing(OFDM) symbols.

In one embodiment, for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal, each of the Y candidate time sub-window(s) isone slot.

In one embodiment, for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal, each of the Y candidate time sub-window(s) isone subslot.

In one embodiment, for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal, each of the Y candidate time sub-window(s) isone minislot.

In one embodiment, for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal, each of the Y candidate time sub-window(s)includes a positive integer number of OFDM symbols.

In one embodiment, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows have anequal time length, wherein the Y is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, two of the Y candidate time sub-windows have anunequal time length, wherein the Y is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-window(s) occupies (occupy)all time-domain resources of a candidate time window among the Xcandidate time window(s) to which the Y candidate time sub-window(s)belong.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-window(s) occupies (occupy)partial time-domain resources of a candidate time window among the Xcandidate time window(s) to which the Y candidate time sub-window(s) isbelong.

In one embodiment, a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal is one of {15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, 240 kHz,480 kHz, 960 kHz}.

In one embodiment, a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal is equal to 15 kHz to the power of a non-negativeinteger multiple of 2.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal is used for determining the Y.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the Y and the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal have a mapping relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the Y and the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal have a functional relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal is mapped to the Y through a predefined table.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the Y and the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal have a proportional relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the Y and the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal have a directly proportional relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal refersthat: the Y and the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal have a linear relationship.

In one embodiment, for a given subcarrier spacing of a subcarrieroccupied by the first radio signal, the Y is further related to a lengthof a Cyclic Prefix (CP) of an OFDM symbol occupied by the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, for a given subcarrier spacing of a subcarrieroccupied by the first radio signal, the Y is further related to a lengthof a CP of an OFDM symbol occupied by the first radio signal, whereinthe length of the CP of the OFDM symbol occupied by the first radiosignal is equal to a normal CP length or an extended CP length.

In one embodiment, for a given subcarrier spacing of a subcarrieroccupied by the first radio signal and a given length of a CP of an OFDMsymbol occupied by the first radio signal, the Y is further related to anumber of OFDM symbols included in the Y candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, each of the W candidate time sub-window(s) is one ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the W is equal to the W1.

In one embodiment, the W is greater than the W1.

In one embodiment, the Y is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the Y is equal to one of {2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64}.

In one embodiment, the Y is equal to the non-negative integer power of2.

In one embodiment, each of the X candidate time window(s) includes Ytime sub-window(s) which all has(have) a same time length as one of theY candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, one of the X candidate time window(s) includes lessthan Y time sub-window(s) which all has(have) a same time length as oneof the Y candidate time sub-window(s).

Embodiment 2

Embodiment 2 illustrates an example of a diagram of a networkarchitecture according to the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 isa diagram illustrating a network architecture 200 of NR 5G, LTE andLong-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) systems. The NR 5G or LTE networkarchitecture 200 may be called an Evolved Packet System (EPS) 200. TheEPS 200 may include one or more UEs 201, a Next Generation-Radio AccessNetwork (NG-RAN) 202, an Evolved Packet Core/5G-Core Network (EPC/5G-CN)210, a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 220 and an Internet service 230. TheEPS may be interconnected with other access networks. For simpledescription, the entities/interfaces are not shown. As shown in FIG. 2,the EPS provides packet switching services. Those skilled in the art areeasy to understand that various concepts presented throughout thedisclosure can be extended to networks providing circuit switchingservices or other cellular networks. The NG-RAN includes an NR node B(gNB) 203 and other gNBs 204. The gNB 203 provides UE 201 oriented userplane and control plane protocol terminations. The gNB 203 may beconnected to other gNBs 204 via an Xn interface (for example, backhaul).The gNB 203 may be called a base station, a base transceiver station, aradio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a BasicService Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a TRP or some otherappropriate terms. In V2X networks, the gNB 203 may be a base station, aground base station or Road Side Unit (RSU) relayed by a satellite, etc.The gNB 203 provides an access point of the EPC/5G-CN 210 for the UE201. Examples of UE 201 include cellular phones, smart phones, SessionInitiation Protocol (SIP) phones, laptop computers, Personal DigitalAssistants (PDAs), satellite radios, Global Positioning Systems (GPSs),multimedia devices, video devices, digital audio player (for example,MP3 players), cameras, games consoles, unmanned aerial vehicles, airvehicles, narrow-band physical network equipment, machine-typecommunication equipment, land vehicles, automobiles, communication unitsin automobiles, wearable equipment, or any other devices having similarfunctions. Those skilled in the art may also call the UE 201 a mobilestation, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, awireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, aradio communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriberstation, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, aremote terminal, a handset, a user proxy, a mobile client, a client, anautomobile terminal, a V2X equipment, or some other appropriate terms.The gNB 203 is connected to the EPC/5G-CN 210 via an S1/NG interface.The EPC/5G-CN 210 includes a Mobility Management Entity/AuthenticationManagement Field/User Plane Function (MME/AMF/UPF) 211, otherMMEs/AMFs/UPFs 214, a Service Gateway (S-GW) 212 and a Packet DataNetwork Gateway (P-GW) 213. The MME/AMF/UPF 211 is a control node forprocessing a signaling between the UE 201 and the EPC/5G-CN 210.Generally, the MME/AMF/UPF 211 provides bearer and connectionmanagement. All user Internet Protocol (IP) packets are transmittedthrough the S-GW 212. The S-GW 212 is connected to the P-GW 213. TheP-GW 213 provides UE IP address allocation and other functions. The P-GW213 is connected to the Internet service 230. The Internet service 230includes IP services corresponding to operators, specifically includinginternet, intranet, IP Multimedia Subsystems (IP IMSs) and PS StreamingServices (PSSs).

In one embodiment, the UE 201 corresponds to the first-typecommunication equipment in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the UE 201 supports transmissions in a sidelink.

In one embodiment, the UE 201 supports a PC5 interface.

In one embodiment, the UE 201 supports Internet of vehicles.

In one embodiment, the UE 201 supports V2X services.

In one embodiment, the gNB 203 corresponds to the second-typecommunication equipment in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the gNB 203 supports Internet of vehicles.

In one embodiment, the gNB 203 supports V2X services.

Embodiment 3

Embodiment 3 illustrates a diagram of an embodiment of a radio protocolarchitecture of a user plane and a control plane according to thedisclosure, as shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating anembodiment of a radio protocol architecture of a user plane and acontrol plane. In FIG. 3, the radio protocol architecture between afirst-type communication node (UE) and a second-type communication node(gNB, eNB or RSU in V2X) or between two first-type communication nodesis illustrated by three layers, which are a Layer 1, a Layer 2 and aLayer 3 respectively. The Layer 1 (L1 layer) 301 is the lowest layer andimplements various PHY (physical layer) signal processing functions. TheL1 layer will be referred to herein as the PHY 301. The Layer 2 (L2layer) 305 is above the PHY 301, and is responsible for the link betweenthe first-type communication node and the second-type communication nodeand between two first-type communication nodes (UEs) over the PHY 301.In the user plane, the L2 layer 305 includes a Medium Access Control(MAC) sublayer 302, a Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer 303, and aPacket Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) sublayer 304, which areterminated at the second-type communication node on the network side.Although not shown, the first-type communication node may includeseveral higher layers above the L2 layer 355, including a network layer(i.e. IP layer) terminated at the P-GW on the network side and anapplication layer terminated at the other end (i.e. a peer UE, a server,etc.) of the connection. The PDCP sublayer 304 provides multiplexingbetween different radio bearers and logical channels. The PDCP sublayer354 also provides header compression for higher-layer packets so as toreduce radio transmission overheads. The PDCP sublayer 304 providessecurity by encrypting packets and provides support for handover of thefirst-type communication node between the second-type communicationnodes. The RLC sublayer 303 provides segmentation and reassembling ofhigher-layer packets, retransmission of lost packets, and reordering oflost packets to as to compensate for out-of-order reception due to HARQ.The MAC sublayer 302 provides multiplexing between logical channels andtransport channels. The MAC sublayer 302 is also responsible forallocating various radio resources (i.e., resource blocks) in one cellamong the first-type communication nodes. The MAC sublayer 302 is alsoin charge of HARQ operations. In the control plane, the radio protocolarchitecture of the first-type communication node and the second-typecommunication node is substantially the same as the radio protocolarchitecture in the user plane on the PHY 301 and the L2 layer 305, withthe exception that there is no header compression function for thecontrol plane. The control plane also includes a Radio Resource Control(RRC) sublayer 306 in the layer 3 (L3). The RRC sublayer 306 isresponsible for acquiring radio resources (i.e. radio bearers) andconfiguring lower layers using an RRC signaling between the second-typecommunication node and the first-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the radio protocol architecture shown in FIG. 3 isapplicable to the first-type communication node in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the radio protocol architecture shown in FIG. 3 isapplicable to the second-type communication node in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the first information in the disclosure is generatedby the RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the first information in the disclosure is generatedby the MAC 302.

In one embodiment, the first information in the disclosure is generatedby the PHY 301.

In one embodiment, the second information in the disclosure is generatedby the RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the second information in the disclosure is generatedby the MAC 302.

In one embodiment, the second information in the disclosure is generatedby the PHY 301.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal in the disclosure is generatedby the RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal in the disclosure is generatedby the MAC 302.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal in the disclosure is generatedby the PHY 301.

In one embodiment, the third information in the disclosure is generatedby the RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the third information in the disclosure is generatedby the MAC 302.

In one embodiment, the third information in the disclosure is generatedby the PHY 301.

In one embodiment, the first signaling in the disclosure is generated bythe RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the first signaling in the disclosure is generated bythe PHY 301.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal in the disclosure isgenerated by the RRC 306.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal in the disclosure isgenerated by the MAC 302.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal in the disclosure isgenerated by the PHY 301.

Embodiment 4

Embodiment 4 illustrates a diagram of a first-type communication nodeand a second-type communication node according to the disclosure, asshown in FIG. 4.

The first-type communication node 450 includes a controller/processor490, a memory 480, a receiving processor 452, a transmitter/receiver456, a transmitting processor 455 and a data source 467. Thetransmitter/receiver 456 includes an antenna 460. The data source 467provides higher-layer packets to the controller/processor 490. Thecontroller/processor 490 provides header compression/decompression,encryption/decryption, packet segmentation and reordering,multiplexing/de-multiplexing between a logical channel and a transportchannel, to implement L2 protocols used for the user plane and thecontrol plane. The higher-layer packet may include data or controlinformation, for example, Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH) or UplinkShared Channel (UL-SCH) or Sidelink Shared Channel (SL-SCH). Thetransmitting processor 455 performs various signal transmittingprocessing functions of L1 layer (that is, PHY), including encoding,interleaving, scrambling, modulation, power control/allocation,precoding, generation of physical layer control signalings, etc. Thereceiving processor 452 performs various signal receiving processingfunctions of L1 layer (that is, PHY), including decoding,de-interleaving, descrambling, demodulation, de-precoding, extraction ofphysical layer control signalings, etc. The transmitter 456 isconfigured to convert a baseband signal provided by the transmittingprocessor 455 into a radio-frequency signal and transmit theradio-frequency signal via the antenna 460. The receiver 456 isconfigured to convert a radio-frequency signal received via the antenna460 into a baseband signal and provide the baseband signal to thereceiving processor 452.

The second-type communication node 410 may include acontroller/processor 440, a memory 430, a receiving processor 412, atransmitter/receiver 416 and a transmitting processor 415. Thetransmitter/receiver 416 includes an antenna 420. Higher-layer packetsare provided to the controller/processor 440. The controller/processor440 provides header compression/decompression, encryption/decryption,packet segmentation and reordering, multiplexing/de-multiplexing betweena logical channel and a transport channel, to implement L2 protocolsused for the user plane and the control plane. The higher-layer packetmay include data or control information, for example, DL-SCH or UL-SCH.The transmitting processor 415 performs various signal transmittingprocessing functions of L1 layer (that is, PHY), including encoding,interleaving, scrambling, modulation, power control/allocation,precoding, generation of physical layer control signalings (includingsynchronization signal and reference signal), etc. The receivingprocessor 412 performs various signal receiving processing functions ofL1 layer (that is, PHY), including decoding, de-interleaving,descrambling, demodulation, de-precoding, extraction of physical layercontrol signalings, etc. The transmitter 416 is configured to convert abaseband signal provided by the transmitting processor 415 into aradio-frequency signal and transmit the radio-frequency signal via theantenna 420. The receiver 416 is configured to convert a radio-frequencysignal received via the antenna 420 into a baseband signal and providethe baseband signal to the receiving processor 412.

In Downlink (DL) transmission, a higher-layer packet (for example, thefirst information, the second information and the third information inthe disclosure) is provided to the controller/processor 440. Thecontroller/processor 440 performs functions of L2 layer. In DLtransmission, the controller/processor 440 provides header compression,encryption, packet segmentation and reordering, multiplexing between alogical channel and a transport channel, and radio resource allocationfor the first-type communication node 450 based on various prioritymetrics. The controller/processor 440 is also in charge of HARQoperation, retransmission of lost packets, and signalings to thefirst-type communication node 450; for example, the first information,the second information and the third information in the disclosure areall generated in the controller/processor 440. The transmittingprocessor 415 performs various signal processing functions of L1 layer(that is, PHY), including coding, interleaving, scrambling, modulation,power control/allocation, precoding and generation of physical layersignaling. Generations of physical layer signals of the firstinformation, the second information and the third information in thedisclosure are all accomplished at the transmitting processor 415. Themodulated symbols are split into parallel streams. Each of the parallelstreams is mapped to corresponding subcarriers of multi-carriers and/ormulti-carrier symbols. Then the transmitting processor 415 maps theparallel streams to the antenna 420 via the transmitter 416 so as totransmit the parallel streams in the form of Radio Frequency (RF)signals. Corresponding channels on PHY of the first information, thesecond information and the third information in the disclosure aremapped to target air-interface resources by the transmitting processor415 and are mapped to the antenna 420 via the transmitter 416 so as tobe transmitted in the form of RF signals. At the receiving side, everyreceiver 456 receives an RF signal via the corresponding antenna 460.Every receiver 456 recovers the baseband information modulated to the RFcarrier and provides the baseband information to the receiving processor452. The receiving processor 452 performs various signal receivingprocessing functions of L1 layer. The signal receiving processingfunctions include receptions of physical layer signals of the firstinformation, the second information and the third information in thedisclosure, conducting demodulation corresponding to differentmodulation schemes (i.e., BPSK, QPSK, etc.) through multi-carriersymbols in multi-carrier symbol streams, then descrambling, decoding andde-interleaving to recover the data or control signal transmitted by thesecond-type communication node 410 on the physical channel, and thenproviding the data and control signal to the controller/processor 490.The controller/processor 490 performs functions of L2 layer. Thecontroller/processor 490 interprets the first information, the secondinformation and the third information in the disclosure. Thecontroller/processor may be connected to the memory 480 that storesprogram codes and data. The memory 480 may be called a computer readablemedium.

In one embodiment, the first-type communication node 450 includes atleast one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memoryincludes computer program codes. The at least one memory and thecomputer program codes are configured to be used in collaboration withthe at least one processor. The first-type communication node 450 atleast receives first information and second information, and transmits afirst radio signal in W1 time sub-window(s); wherein the firstinformation is used for determining X candidate time window(s), any oneof the X candidate time window(s) has a time length equal to a firsttime length, the first time length is fixed, and the X is a positiveinteger; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) includes Y candidatetime sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrier spacing ofthe subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the secondinformation is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and theY is a positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the first-type communication node 450 includes amemory that stores a computer readable instruction program. The computerreadable instruction program generates an action when executed by atleast one processor. The action includes receiving first information andsecond information, and transmitting a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s); wherein the first information is used for determining Xcandidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) hasa time length equal to a first time length, the first time length isfixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidatetime window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y isrelated to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the second-type communication node 410 includes atleast one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memoryincludes computer program codes. The at least one memory and thecomputer program codes are configured to be used in collaboration withthe at least one processor. The second-type communication node 410 atleast transmits first information and second information; wherein thefirst information is used for determining X candidate time window(s),any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time length equal to afirst time length, the first time length is fixed, and the X is apositive integer; a first radio signal is transmitted by a receiver ofthe first information in W1 time sub-window(s), for a subcarrier spacingof a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the Xcandidate time window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), andthe Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the second-type communication node 410 includes amemory that stores a computer readable instruction program. The computerreadable instruction program generates an action when executed by atleast one processor. The action includes transmitting first informationand second information; wherein the first information is used fordetermining X candidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate timewindow(s) has a time length equal to a first time length, the first timelength is fixed, and the X is a positive integer; a first radio signalis transmitted by a receiver of the first information in W1 timesub-window(s), for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) includes Ycandidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the secondinformation is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and theY is a positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the receiver 456 (including the antenna 460), thereceiving processor 452 and the controller/processor 490 are used forreceiving the first information in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the receiver 456 (including the antenna 460), thereceiving processor 452 and the controller/processor 490 are used forreceiving the second information in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the receiver 456 (including the antenna 460), thereceiving processor 452 and the controller/processor 490 are used forreceiving the third information in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the transmitter 416 (including the antenna 420), thetransmitting processor 415 and the controller/processor 440 are used fortransmitting the first information in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the transmitter 416 (including the antenna 420), thetransmitting processor 415 and the controller/processor 440 are used fortransmitting the second information in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the transmitter 416 (including the antenna 420), thetransmitting processor 415 and the controller/processor 440 are used fortransmitting the third information in the disclosure.

Embodiment 5

Embodiment 5 illustrates a diagram of two first-type communication nodesaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 5.

The first-type communication node 550 includes a controller/processor590, a memory 580, a receiving processor 552, a transmitter/receiver556, a transmitting processor 555 and a data source 567. Thetransmitter/receiver 556 includes an antenna 560. The data source 567provides higher-layer packets to the controller/processor 590. Thecontroller/processor 590 provides header compression/decompression,encryption/decryption, packet segmentation and reordering,multiplexing/de-multiplexing between a logical channel and a transportchannel, to implement L2 protocols. The higher-layer packet may includedata or control information, for example, SL-SCH. The transmittingprocessor 555 performs various signal transmitting processing functionsof L1 layer (that is, PHY), including encoding, interleaving,scrambling, modulation, power control/allocation, precoding, generationof physical layer control signalings, etc. The receiving processor 552performs various signal receiving processing functions of L1 layer (thatis, PHY), including decoding, de-interleaving, descrambling,demodulation, de-precoding, extraction of physical layer controlsignalings, etc. The transmitter 556 is configured to convert a basebandsignal provided by the transmitting processor 555 into a radio-frequencysignal and transmit the radio-frequency signal via the antenna 560. Thereceiver 556 is configured to convert a radio-frequency signal receivedvia the antenna 560 into a baseband signal and provide the basebandsignal to the receiving processor 552. Components of the otherfirst-type communication node 50 are the same as those of the first-typecommunication node 550.

In Sidelink (SL) transmission, a higher-layer packet (for example, thefirst radio signal in the disclosure) is provided to thecontroller/processor 540. The controller/processor 540 performsfunctions of L2 layer. In SL transmission, the controller/processor 540provides header compression, encryption, packet segmentation andreordering, multiplexing between a logical channel and a transportchannel. The controller/processor 540 is also in charge of HARQoperation (if supported), retransmission, and signalings to thefirst-type communication node 550. The transmitting processor 515performs various signal processing functions of L1 layer (that is, PHY),including coding, interleaving, scrambling, modulation, powercontrol/allocation, precoding and generation of physical layersignaling. Generations of physical layer signals of the first signalingin the disclosure are all accomplished at the transmitting processor515. The modulated symbols are split into parallel streams. Each of theparallel streams is mapped to corresponding subcarriers ofmulti-carriers and/or multi-carrier symbols. Then the transmittingprocessor 515 maps the parallel streams to the antenna 520 via thetransmitter 516 so as to transmit the parallel streams in the form ofRadio Frequency (RF) signals. At the receiving side, every receiver 556receives an RF signal via the corresponding antenna 560. Every receiver556 recovers the baseband information modulated to the RF carrier andprovides the baseband information to the receiving processor 552. Thereceiving processor 552 performs various signal receiving processingfunctions of L1 layer. The signal receiving processing functions includereceptions of physical layer signals of the first signaling and thefirst radio signal in the disclosure, conducting demodulationcorresponding to different modulation schemes (i.e., BPSK, QPSK, etc.)through multi-carrier symbols in multi-carrier symbol streams, thendescrambling, decoding and de-interleaving to recover the data orcontrol signal transmitted by the second-type communication node 510 onthe physical channel, and then providing the data and control signal tothe controller/processor 590. The controller/processor 590 performsfunctions of L2 layer. The controller/processor 590 interprets the firstradio signal in the disclosure. The controller/processor may beconnected to the memory 580 that stores program codes and data. Thememory 580 may be called a computer readable medium. Particularly, inthe first-type communication node 500, an RF signal of the second radiosignal in the disclosure is received through the receiver 516; if todecode the second radio signal in the disclosure, the basebandinformation modulated to the RF signal is recovered, and the basebandinformation is provided to the receiving processor 512. The receivingprocessor 512 performs various signal receiving processing functions ofL1 layer, including demodulation and descrambling, decoding anddeinterleaving, etc. to recover information carried by the second radiosignal, and then provide the information to the controller/processor540. The controller/processor 540 interprets the second radio signal inthe disclosure. If only to perform an energy detection of the secondradio signal in the disclosure, it is accomplished at the receiver 516.

In one embodiment, the first-type communication node 500 includes atleast one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memoryincludes computer program codes. The at least one memory and thecomputer program codes are configured to be used in collaboration withthe at least one processor. The first-type communication node 500 atleast receives first information and second information, and transmits afirst radio signal in W1 time sub-window(s); wherein the firstinformation is used for determining X candidate time window(s), any oneof the X candidate time window(s) has a time length equal to a firsttime length, the first time length is fixed, and the X is a positiveinteger; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) includes Y candidatetime sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrier spacing ofthe subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the secondinformation is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and theY is a positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the first-type communication node 500 includes amemory that stores a computer readable instruction program. The computerreadable instruction program generates an action when executed by atleast one processor. The action includes receiving first information andsecond information, and transmitting a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s); wherein the first information is used for determining Xcandidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) hasa time length equal to a first time length, the first time length isfixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidatetime window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y isrelated to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, the receiver 556 (including the antenna 560), thereceiving processor 552 and the controller/processor 590 are used forreceiving the first radio signal in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the receiver 556 (including the antenna 560), thereceiving processor 552 and the controller/processor 590 are used forreceiving the first signaling in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the transmitter 516 (including the antenna 520), thetransmitting processor 515 and the controller/processor 540 are used fortransmitting the first radio signal in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the transmitter 516 (including the antenna 520), thetransmitting processor 515 and the controller/processor 540 are used fortransmitting the first signaling in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, the receiver 516 (including the antenna 520), thereceiving processor 512 and the controller/processor 540 are used formonitoring the second radio signal in the disclosure.

Embodiment 6

Embodiment 6 illustrates an example of a flowchart of transmission of aradio signal according to one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown inFIG. 6. In FIG. 6, a second-type communication node N1 is a maintenancebase station for a serving cell of a first-type communication node U2.

The second-type communication node N1 transmits first information inS11, transmits second information in S12, and transmits thirdinformation in S13.

The first-type communication node N2 receives first information in S21,receives second information in S22, receives third information in S23,transmits a first signaling in S24, and transmits a first radio signalin W1 time sub-window(s) in S25.

In Embodiment 6, the first information is used for determining Xcandidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) hasa time length equal to a first time length, the first time length isfixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidatetime window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y isrelated to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidatetime sub-window(s); the third information is used for determining the W1time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, the firstsignaling is used for indicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and thefirst signaling is transmitted via a first air interface.

In one embodiment, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to oneof Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining out of the Q candidate timesub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidatetime sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window setsinclude two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other,candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, the first air interface is wireless.

In one embodiment, the first air interface includes a wireless channel.

In one embodiment, the first air interface includes a sidelink.

In one embodiment, the first air interface is a PC5 interface.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted via a second airinterface, and the second air interface is different from the first airinterface.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted via a second airinterface, and the second air interface and the first air interface area Uu interface and a PC5 interface respectively.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted via a second airinterface, and the second air interface is an air interface between thesecond-type communication node and the first-type communication node inthe disclosure.

In one embodiment, if the third information is transmitted via an airinterface, a time interval from a reception end time of the thirdinformation to a transmission start time of the first signaling has atime length not less than a first threshold, wherein the first thresholdis predefined.

In one embodiment, if the third information is transmitted via an airinterface, a time interval from a reception end time of the thirdinformation to a transmission start time of the first signaling has atime length not less than a first threshold, wherein the first thresholdis fixed.

In one embodiment, if the third information is transmitted via an airinterface, a time interval from a reception end time of the thirdinformation to a transmission start time of the first signaling has atime length not less than a first threshold, wherein the first thresholdis related to a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal.

In one embodiment, if the third information is transmitted via an airinterface, a time interval from a reception end time of the thirdinformation to a transmission start time of the first signaling has atime length not less than a first threshold, wherein the first thresholdis related to a processing capability of the first-type communicationnode.

In one embodiment, the third information is one piece of higher layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the third information is one piece of physical layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted through onephysical layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted through onehigher layer signaling.

In one embodiment, the third information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of higher layer information.

In one embodiment, the third information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of physical layer information.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted through aDL-SCH.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted through a PDSCH.

In one embodiment, the third information includes one or more fields inone SIB.

In one embodiment, the third information includes one or more fields inan RMSI.

In one embodiment, the third information includes a part or entirety ofone RRC signaling.

In one embodiment, the third information includes a part or entirety ofone piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the third information includes part or all fields inone IE in one piece of RRC layer information.

In one embodiment, the third information is broadcast.

In one embodiment, the third information is unicast.

In one embodiment, the third information is cell specific.

In one embodiment, the third information is UE specific.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted through a PDCCH.

In one embodiment, the third information includes part or all fields inone DCI signaling.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted from a higherlayer of the first-type communication node to a physical layer of thefirst-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the third information is transmitted inside thefirst-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the third information is dynamically configured.

In one embodiment, the third information is semi-statically configured.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the third information is used fordetermining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal refers that: the third information is used by the first-typecommunication node to determine the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied bythe first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the third information is used fordetermining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal refers that: the third information is used for indicatingdirectly the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the third information is used fordetermining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal refers that: the third information is used for indicatingindirectly the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the third information is used fordetermining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal refers that: the third information is used for indicatingexplicitly the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the third information is used fordetermining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal refers that: the third information is used for indicatingimplicitly the W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate timesub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radiosignal.

In one embodiment, the first information and the third information inthe disclosure are two different IEs in one same piece of RRCinformation.

In one embodiment, the first information and the third information inthe disclosure are two different fields in one same IE in one same pieceof RRC information.

In one embodiment, the first information and the third information inthe disclosure are two IEs in two different pieces of RRC information.

In one embodiment, the first information and the third information inthe disclosure are two different fields in one same DCI.

In one embodiment, the first information and the third information inthe disclosure are two fields in two different DCIs.

In one embodiment, the first signaling includes physical layerinformation.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is a transmission of one physicallayer signaling.

In one embodiment, the first signaling includes a part or entirety ofone piece of physical layer information.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is broadcast.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is multicast.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is unitcast.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is cell specific.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is UE specific.

In one embodiment, the first signaling is transmitted through a PSCCH.

In one embodiment, the first signaling includes part or all fields inone SCI signaling.

In one embodiment, the first signaling includes a Scheduling Assignment(SA) of the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first signaling is used forindicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and the frequency-domain resourcesoccupied by the first radio signal refers that: the first signaling isused for indicating directly the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first signaling is used forindicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and the frequency-domain resourcesoccupied by the first radio signal refers that: the first signaling isused for indicating indirectly the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first signaling is used forindicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and the frequency-domain resourcesoccupied by the first radio signal refers that: the first signaling isused for indicating explicitly the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the first signaling is used forindicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and the frequency-domain resourcesoccupied by the first radio signal refers that: the first signaling isused for indicating implicitly the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries the first signaling.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal includes the first signaling.

In one embodiment, the first radio signal carries the first signalingand data transmission other than the first signaling.

Embodiment 7

Embodiment 7 illustrates an example of a flowchart of transmission of aradio signal according to another embodiment of the disclosure, as shownin FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, one first-type communication node N3 performscommunication with another first-type communication node U4. Thefirst-type communication node N3 is out of coverage of a cell.

The first-type communication node N3 receives first information in S31,receives second information in S32, monitors a second radio signal in Mtime window(s) in S33, receives third information in S34, transmits afirst signaling in S35, and transmits a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s) in S36.

The first-type communication node U4 receives a first signaling in S41,and receives a first radio signal in S42.

In Embodiment 7, the first information is used for determining Xcandidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) hasa time length equal to a first time length, the first time length isfixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the X candidatetime window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y isrelated to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidatetime sub-window(s); the third information is used for determining the W1time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, the firstsignaling is used for indicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and thefirst signaling is transmitted via a first air interface; a monitor ofthe second radio signal assumes that there are time-domain resourcesreserved to a radio signal other than the first radio signal within X1candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate time window(s), and theX1 is a non-negative integer not greater than the X; when the secondradio signal is detected in one of the M time window(s), a time-domainposition of the second radio signal is used for determining the X1candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate time window(s); an endtime of any one of the M time window(s) is not later than a start timeof any one of the X candidate time window(s), and the M is a positiveinteger

In one embodiment, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to oneof Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining out of the Q candidate timesub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidatetime sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window setsinclude two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other,candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal assumes thatthere are time-domain resources reserved to a radio signal other thanthe first radio signal within Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y1 is a non-negative integer notgreater than the Y; when the second radio signal is detected in a targettime window, a time-domain position of time-domain resources occupied bythe second radio signal in the target time window is used fordetermining the Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s), and the target time window is one of the M timewindow(s).

Embodiment 8

Embodiment 8 illustrates an example of a diagram of a relationshipbetween X candidate time windows and W candidate time sub-windowsaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 8. InFIG. 8, the horizontal axis represents time, each blank rectanglerepresents one of X candidate time windows, and each rectangle filled byslashes represents one of W candidate time sub-windows.

In Embodiment 8, the first information in the disclosure is used fordetermining X candidate time windows, any one of the X candidate timewindows has a time length equal to a first time length, the first timelength is fixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrierspacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal in thedisclosure, one of the X candidate time windows includes Y candidatetime sub-windows, and the Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of thesubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the second information inthe disclosure is used for indicating W candidate time sub-windows outof the Y candidate time sub-windows, the W is a positive integer, andthe Y is a positive integer not less than the W.

In one embodiment, the first information includes one bitmap, each bitin the bitmap represents one of K candidate time windows, each bit “1”in the bitmap indicates that a candidate time window represented by thebit “1” is one of the X candidate time windows, and each bit “0” in thebitmap indicates that a candidate time window represented by the bit “0”is a candidate time window other than the X candidate time windows,wherein the K is a positive integer.

In one embodiment, the first information includes one bitmap, each bitin the bitmap represents one of K candidate time windows, each bit “0”in the bitmap indicates that a candidate time window represented by thebit “0” is one of the X candidate time windows, and each bit “1” in thebitmap indicates that a candidate time window represented by the bit “1”is a candidate time window other than the X candidate time windows,wherein the K is a positive integer.

Embodiment 9

Embodiment 9 illustrates an example of a diagram of a relationshipbetween W candidate time sub-windows and Y candidate time sub-windowsaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 9. InFIG. 9, the horizontal axis represents time, each blank rectanglerepresents one of Y candidate time sub-windows other than W candidatetime sub-windows, and each rectangle filled by slashes represents one ofW candidate time sub-windows.

In Embodiment 9, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows in thedisclosure are orthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arrangedorderly according to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-windowsin the disclosure are W consecutively arranged candidate timesub-windows among the Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the phrase that any two of the Y candidate timesub-windows are orthogonal refers that: any two of the Y candidate timesub-windows include non-overlapping time-domain resources, wherein the Yis greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the phrase that any two of the Y candidate timesub-windows are orthogonal refers that: no time-domain resource belongssimultaneously to one of the Y candidate time sub-windows and anotherone of the Y candidate time sub-windows, wherein the Y is greater than1.

In one embodiment, the phrase that any two of the Y candidate timesub-windows are orthogonal refers that: no time-domain resource belongsto two of the Y candidate time sub-windows simultaneously, wherein the Yis greater than 1.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-windows occupy consecutivetime-domain resources.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-windows occupy discretetime-domain resources.

In one embodiment, if the Y is greater than 1, no time-domain resourceother than the Y candidate time sub-windows is located between two ofthe Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, if the Y is greater than 1, one time-domain resourceother than the Y candidate time sub-windows is located between two ofthe Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-windows are head-to-endconnected two by two in time sequence in time domain.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-windows occupy in timedomain a positive integer number of OFDM symbols consecutive in timesequence.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time sub-windows occupy in timedomain a positive integer number of OFDM symbols discrete in timesequence.

In one embodiment, if the Y is greater than 1, no OFDM symbol other thanthe Y candidate time sub-windows is located between two of the Ycandidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, if the Y is greater than 1, one OFDM symbol otherthan the Y candidate time sub-windows is located between two of the Ycandidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, if the Y candidate time sub-windows occupyconsecutive time-domain resources, the phrase that the W candidate timesub-windows are W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-windowsamong the Y candidate time sub-windows refers that: the W candidate timesub-windows are W candidate time sub-windows consecutive in time domainamong the Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W is equal to the Y.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y candidate time sub-windows arearranged orderly according to time sequence and the W candidate timesub-windows are W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-windowsamong the Y candidate time sub-windows refers that: the Y candidate timesub-windows are arranged in chronological order, and the W candidatetime sub-windows are W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-windowsamong the Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the Y candidate time sub-windows arearranged orderly according to time sequence and the W candidate timesub-windows are W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-windowsamong the Y candidate time sub-windows refers that: the Y candidate timesub-windows are indexed orderly according to time sequence, and the Wcandidate time sub-windows are W consecutively indexed candidate timesub-windows among the Y candidate time sub-windows.

Embodiment 10

Embodiment 10 illustrates a diagram of Q candidate time sub-window setsaccording to one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 10. InFIG. 10, the horizontal axis represents time, each solid-line rectanglerepresents one of Y candidate time sub-windows, and each dash-linerectangle represents one of Q candidate time sub-window sets.

In Embodiment 10, wherein the W candidate time sub-windows in thedisclosure belong to one of Q candidate time sub-window sets, and anyone of the Q candidate time sub-window sets includes a positive integernumber of candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidate timesub-windows in the disclosure; the second information in the disclosureis used for determining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets acandidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong; the Q candidate time sub-window sets include two candidate timesub-window sets orthogonal to each other, candidate time sub-windows inthe two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each otherconstitute one of the Q candidate time sub-window sets, and the Q is apositive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-windows constitute one ofthe Q candidate time sub-window sets.

In one embodiment, the candidate time sub-window set among the Qcandidate time sub-window sets to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong further include candidate time sub-windows other than the Wcandidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the candidate time sub-window set among the Qcandidate time sub-window sets to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong includes the W candidate time sub-windows only.

In one embodiment, candidate time sub-windows other than the W candidatetime sub-windows also belong to the candidate time sub-window set amongthe Q candidate time sub-window sets to which the W candidate timesub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, no candidate time sub-window other than the Wcandidate time sub-windows belongs to the candidate time sub-window setamong the Q candidate time sub-window sets to which the W candidate timesub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, any one of the Q candidate time sub-window setsincludes a positive integer number of candidate time sub-windowsconsecutive in time domain among the Y candidate time wub-windows.

In one embodiment, the Y candidate time wub-windows are arranged in turnin time sequence, and any one of the Q candidate time sub-window setsincludes a positive integer number of consecutively arranged candidatetime sub-windows among the Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, any one of the Q candidate time sub-window setsincludes a positive integer number of candidate time sub-windowsdiscrete in time domain among the Y candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the second information is used by the first-type communicationnode to determine out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets acandidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the second information is used for indicating directly out of theQ candidate time sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set towhich the W candidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the second information is used for indicating indirectly out ofthe Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set towhich the W candidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the second information is used for indicating explicitly out ofthe Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set towhich the W candidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the second information is used for indicating implicitly out ofthe Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set towhich the W candidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information is used fordetermining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidate timesub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windows belong refersthat: the Q candidate time sub-window sets are indexed orderly, and thesecond information indicates an index of a candidate time sub-window setto which the W candidate time sub-windows belong in the Q candidate timesub-window sets.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information in thedisclosure is used for indicating the W candidate time sub-windows outof the Y candidate time sub-windows refers that: the second informationis used for indicating out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets acandidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong, and then determining the W candidate time sub-windows from thecandidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second information in thedisclosure is used for indicating the W candidate time sub-windows outof the Y candidate time sub-windows refers that: the second informationis used for indicating out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets acandidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-windowsbelong, and the candidate time sub-window set among the Q candidate timesub-window sets to which the W candidate time sub-windows belongincludes the W candidate time sub-windows only.

In one embodiment, the Q candidate time sub-window sets are acquiredfrom the Y candidate time sub-windows according to a nested structurerespectively.

In one embodiment, the Q candidate time sub-window sets are composed bythe Y candidate time sub-windows according to a nested structurerespectively.

In one embodiment, the Q candidate time sub-window sets meet a nestedstructure.

In one embodiment, a first candidate time sub-window set is one of the Qcandidate time sub-window sets, the first candidate time sub-window setincludes R1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidate timesub-windows, the first candidate time sub-window set consists ofcandidate time sub-windows in a second candidate time sub-window set andin a third candidate time sub-window set, the second candidate timesub-window set and the third candidate time sub-window set are twocandidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other among the Qcandidate time sub-window sets, the second candidate time sub-window setincludes ½ R1 candidate time sub-windows among the Y candidate timesub-windows, the third candidate time sub-window set includes ½ R1candidate time sub-windows among the Y candidate time sub-windows, andthe R1 is a positive integer multiple of 2.

In one embodiment, the phrase that two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other among the Q candidate time sub-window setsrefers that: no candidate time sub-window belongs simultaneously to thetwo candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other among the Qcandidate time sub-window sets.

In one embodiment, the phrase that two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other among the Q candidate time sub-window setsrefers that: no candidate time sub-window belongs simultaneously to oneand the other of the two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal toeach other among the Q candidate time sub-window sets.

Embodiment 11

Embodiment 11 illustrates an example of a diagram of a relationshipbetween X1 candidate time windows and M time windows according to oneembodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 11. In FIG. 11, thehorizontal axis represents time, a rectangle filled by cross linesrepresents a time window among M time windows to which time-domainresources occupied by a second radio signal belong, and each rectanglefilled by slashes represents one of X1 candidate time windows.

In Embodiment 11, a monitor of the second radio signal in the disclosureassumes that within X1 candidate time windows among the X candidate timewindows in the disclosure there are time-domain resources reserved to aradio signal other than the first radio signal, and the X1 is anon-negative integer not greater than the X; when the second radiosignal is detected in one of the M time windows, a time-domain positionof the second radio signal is used for determining the X1 candidate timewindows out of the X candidate time windows; an end time of any one ofthe M time windows is not later than a start time of any one of the Xcandidate time windows, and the M is a positive integer.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes decoding the second radiosignal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes channel decoding the secondradio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes reading an information bitcarried by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes an energy detection of thesecond radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a measurement of the secondradio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a measurement of a ReceivedSignal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a blind decoding of asubcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a blind decoding of anumerology employed by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a blind decoding of a numberof OFDM symbols occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the monitoring includes a blind decoding of a lengthof a CP of OFDM symbols occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal caries part or all fields inone SCI.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal caries part or all fields inone SCI, and the monitoring includes reading an SCI carried by thesecond radio signal.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is transmitted through aPSCCH.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal carries one TB.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is generated by one TB.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is transmitted through anSL-SCH.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is transmitted through aPSSCH.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is one reference signal.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal includes a DemodulationReference Signal (DMRS).

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is a DMRS of PSSCH.

In one embodiment, a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thesecond radio signal is the same as a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrieroccupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thesecond radio signal is different from a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal cannot assumethat a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the second radiosignal is the same as a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal can assume thata subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the second radio signalis the same as a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal.

In one embodiment, a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thesecond radio signal is one of {15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, 240 kHz,480 kHz, 960 kHz}.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal cannot assumethat the second radio signal and the first radio signal employ a samenumerology.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal can assume thatthe second radio signal and the first radio signal employ a samenumerology.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second radio signal is detectedin one of the M time windows refers that: the second radio signal issuccessfully decoded when being monitored.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second radio signal is detectedin one of the M time windows refers that: the second radio signal ischannel decoded when being monitored, and a Cyclic Redundancy Check(CRC) validation for the second radio signal is passed.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second radio signal is detectedin one of the M time windows refers that: an energy detection of thesecond radio signal exceeds a predefined threshold when the second radiosignal is being monitored.

In one embodiment, the phrase that the second radio signal is detectedin one of the M time windows refers that: a measurement of RSSI of thesecond radio signal exceeds a predefined threshold when the second radiosignal is being monitored.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is transmitted through asidelink.

In one embodiment, the second radio signal is transmitted via a PC5interface.

In one embodiment, any two of the M time windows are orthogonal in timedomain, wherein the M is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, any two of the M time windows have an equal timelength.

In one embodiment, any one of the M time windows has a time length equalto the first time length.

In one embodiment, if the second radio signal is transmitted, the secondradio signal occupies all time-domain resources of one of the M timewindows at the first-type communication node.

In one embodiment, if the second radio signal is transmitted, the secondradio signal occupies partial time-domain resources of one of the M timewindows at the first-type communication node.

In one embodiment, the phrase that monitoring the second radio signal inthe M time windows refers that: monitoring the second radio signal ineach of the M time windows.

In one embodiment, each of the M time windows includes a positiveinteger number of time sub-windows, the phrase that monitoring thesecond radio signal in the M time windows refers that: monitoring thesecond radio signal in each time sub-window included in each of the Mtime windows, and each time sub-window included in each of the M timewindows has a time length related to a subcarrier spacing of asubcarrier occupied by the second radio signal assumed by a monitor ofthe second radio signal.

In one embodiment, each of the M time windows includes a positiveinteger number of time sub-windows, the phrase that monitoring thesecond radio signal in the M time windows refers that: monitoring thesecond radio signal in each time sub-window included in each of the Mtime windows, and each time sub-window included in each of the M timewindows has a time length related to a length of a CP of a multicarriersymbol occupied by the second radio signal assumed by a monitor of thesecond radio signal.

In one embodiment, each of the M time windows includes a positiveinteger number of time sub-windows, the phrase that monitoring thesecond radio signal in the M time windows refers that: monitoring thesecond radio signal in each time sub-window included in each of the Mtime windows, and each time sub-window included in each of the M timewindows has a time length related to a numerology of a multicarriersymbol occupied by the second radio signal assumed by a monitor of thesecond radio signal.

In one embodiment, each of the M time windows includes a positiveinteger number of time sub-windows, the phrase that monitoring thesecond radio signal in the M time windows refers that: monitoring thesecond radio signal in each time sub-window included in each of the Mtime windows, and each time sub-window included in each of the M timewindows has a time length related to a number of a multicarrier symbolsoccupied by the second radio signal assumed by a monitor of the secondradio signal.

In one embodiment, time-domain resources in the X1 candidate timewindows reserved to a radio signal other than the first radio signalcannot be used for transmission of the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of the secondradio signal is used for determining the X1 candidate time windows outof the X candidate time windows refers that: a time-domain position ofthe second radio signal is used by the first-type communication node todetermine the X1 candidate time windows out of the X candidate timewindows.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of the secondradio signal is used for determining the X1 candidate time windows outof the X candidate time windows refers that: a time-domain position ofthe second radio signal is used by the first-type communication node todetermine the X1 candidate time windows out of the X candidate timewindows according to a specific mapping relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of the secondradio signal is used for determining the X1 candidate time windows outof the X candidate time windows refers that: a time-domain position ofthe second radio signal is used by the first-type communication node todetermine the X1 candidate time windows out of the X candidate timewindows according to a specific functional relationship.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal assumes thatthere are P periodic radio signals, and the second radio signal is oneof the P periodic radio signals; the phrase that a time-domain positionof the second radio signal is used for determining the X1 candidate timewindows out of the X candidate time windows refers that: each of the X1candidate time windows includes time-domain resources for one of the Pperiodic radio signals, and the monitor of the second radio signaldetermines the X1 candidate time windows to which time-domain resourcesfor the P periodic radio signals belong according to a time-domainposition of the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: a time-domain position of a slot occupied by the second radiosignal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: a time-domain position of a subframe occupied by the secondradio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: a time-domain position of a sub-slot occupied by the secondradio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: an index of a slot occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: an index of a subframe occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of the second radio signalrefers to: an index of a sub-slot occupied by the second radio signal.

In one embodiment, if the second radio signal is not detected in one ofthe M time windows, the X1 is equal to 0.

In one embodiment, if the second radio signal is not detected in one ofthe M time windows, the X1 is greater than 0.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

receiving a second signaling.

Herein, the second signaling is used for indicating time-frequencyresources occupied by the second radio signal, and the second signalingis transmitted via a PC5 interface.

Embodiment 12

Embodiment 12 illustrates an example of a diagram of a relationshipbetween Y1 candidate time sub-windows and a target time window accordingto one embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in FIG. 12. In FIG. 12,the horizontal axis represents time, a rectangle filled by cross linesrepresents time-domain resources occupied by a second radio signal, arectangle with a bold frame represents a target time window, and eachrectangle filled by slashes represents one of Y1 candidate timesub-windows.

In Embodiment 12, a monitor of the second radio signal in the disclosureassumes that within Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidatetime sub-windows in the disclosure there are time-domain resourcesreserved to a radio signal other than the first radio signal, and the Y1is a non-negative integer not greater than the Y; when the second radiosignal is detected in a target time window, a time-domain position oftime-domain resources occupied by the second radio signal in the targettime window is used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windowsout of the Y candidate time sub-windows, and the target time window isone of the M time windows in the disclosure.

In one embodiment, time-domain resources in the Y1 candidate timesub-windows reserved to a radio signal other than the first radio signalcannot be used for transmission of the first radio signal.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:a time-domain position of a slot to which time-domain resources occupiedby the second radio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:a time-domain position of a sub-slot to which time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:a time-domain position of a mini-slot to which time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:a time-domain position of a multicarrier symbol occupied by the secondradio signal in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:an index of a slot to which time-domain resources occupied by the secondradio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:an index of a sub-slot to which time-domain resources occupied by thesecond radio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:an index of a mini-slot to which time-domain resources occupied by thesecond radio signal belong in the target time window.

In one embodiment, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window refers to:an index of a multicarrier symbol occupied by the second radio signal inthe target time window.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: a time-domain position oftime-domain resources occupied by the second radio signal in the targettime window is used by the first-type communication node to determinethe Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidate timesub-windows.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: a time-domain position oftime-domain resources occupied by the second radio signal in the targettime window is used by the first-type communication node to determinethe Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidate timesub-windows according to a specific mapping relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: a time-domain position oftime-domain resources occupied by the second radio signal in the targettime window is used by the first-type communication node to determinethe Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Y candidate timesub-windows according to a specific functional relationship.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: a start position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis the same as a start position of one of the Y1 candidate timesub-windows in a candidate time window to which the Y candidate timesub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: for a given numerology employedby the second radio signal, an index of a slot to which time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal belong in the target timewindow is the same as an index of one of the Y1 candidate timesub-windows in a candidate time window to which the Y candidate timesub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: for a given subcarrier spacingof a subcarrier occupied by the second radio signal, an index of a slotto which time-domain resources occupied by the second radio signalbelong in the target time window is the same as an index of one of theY1 candidate time sub-windows in a candidate time window to which the Ycandidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: for a given numerology employedby the second radio signal, an index of a mini-slot to which time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal belong in the target timewindow is the same as an index of one of the Y1 candidate timesub-windows in a candidate time window to which the Y candidate timesub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the phrase that a time-domain position of time-domainresources occupied by the second radio signal in the target time windowis used for determining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows out of the Ycandidate time sub-windows refers that: for a given subcarrier spacingof a subcarrier occupied by the second radio signal, an index of amini-slot to which time-domain resources occupied by the second radiosignal belong in the target time window is the same as an index of oneof the Y1 candidate time sub-windows in a candidate time window to whichthe Y candidate time sub-windows belong.

In one embodiment, the Y1 is equal to 1.

In one embodiment, the Y1 is greater than 1.

In one embodiment, a monitor of the second radio signal assumes thatthere are R periodic radio signals occurring in the target time window,and the second radio signal is one of the R periodic radio signals; thephrase that a time-domain position of time-domain resources occupied bythe second radio signal in the target time window is used fordetermining the Y1 candidate time sub-windows from the Y candidate timesub-windows refers that: each of the Y1 candidate time windows includestime-domain resources for one of the R periodic radio signals, and themonitor of the second radio signal determines the Y1 candidate timewindows to which time-domain resources for the R periodic radio signalsbelong according to a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window.

Embodiment 13

Embodiment 13 illustrates an example of a structure block diagram of aprocessing device in a first-type communication node according to oneembodiment, as shown in FIG. 13. In FIG. 13, the processing device 1300in the first-type communication node includes a first receiver 1301 anda first transceiver 1302. The first receiver 1301 includes thetransmitter/receiver 456 (including the antenna 460), the receivingprocessor 452 and the controller/processor 490 illustrated in FIG. 4 ofthe disclosure; or the first receiver 1301 includes thecontroller/processor 540, the receiving processor 512 and/or thetransmitting processor 515 illustrated in FIG. 5 of the disclosure; thefirst transceiver 1302 includes the transmitter/receiver 456 (includingthe antenna 460), the receiving processor 452, the transmittingprocessor 455 and the controller/processor 490 illustrated in FIG. 4 ofthe disclosure; or the first transceiver 1302 includes thecontroller/processor 540, the receiving processor 512, the transmittingprocessor 515 and the transmitter/receiver 516 (including the antenna520) illustrated in FIG. 5 of the disclosure.

In Embodiment 13, the first receiver 1301 receives first information andsecond information; the first transceiver 1302 transmits a first radiosignal in W1 time sub-window(s); wherein the first information is usedfor determining X candidate time window(s), any one of the X candidatetime window(s) has a time length equal to a first time length, the firsttime length is fixed, and the X is a positive integer; for a subcarrierspacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal, one of the Xcandidate time window(s) includes Y candidate time sub-window(s), andthe Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied bythe first radio signal; the second information is used for indicating Wcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s),the W is a positive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not lessthan the W; and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the Wcandidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to oneof Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidate timesub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining from the Q candidate time sub-windowsets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate timesub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window sets includetwo candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other, candidatetime sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal toeach other constitute one of the Q candidate time sub-window sets, andthe Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, the first receiver 1301 further receives thirdinformation, and the first transceiver 1302 further transmits a firstsignaling; wherein the third information is used for determining the W1time sub-window(s) from the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, the firstsignaling is used for indicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and thefirst signaling is transmitted via a first air interface.

In one embodiment, the first transceiver 1302 further monitors a secondradio signal in M time window(s); wherein a monitor of the second radiosignal assumes that within X1 candidate time window(s) among the Xcandidate time window(s) there are time-domain resources reserved to aradio signal other than the first radio signal, and the X1 is anon-negative integer not greater than the X; when the second radiosignal is detected in one of the M time window(s), a time-domainposition of the second radio signal is used for determining the X1candidate time window(s) from the X candidate time window(s); an endtime of any one of the M time window(s) is not later than a start timeof any one of the X candidate time window(s), and the M is a positiveinteger.

In one embodiment, the first transceiver 1302 further monitors a secondradio signal in M time window(s); wherein a monitor of the second radiosignal assumes that within X1 candidate time window(s) among the Xcandidate time window(s) there are time-domain resources reserved to aradio signal other than the first radio signal, and the X1 is anon-negative integer not greater than the X; when the second radiosignal is detected in one of the M time window(s), a time-domainposition of the second radio signal is used for determining the X1candidate time window(s) from the X candidate time window(s); an endtime of any one of the M time window(s) is not later than a start timeof any one of the X candidate time window(s), and the M is a positiveinteger; a monitor of the second radio signal assumes that Y1 candidatetime sub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-window(s) has(have)time-domain resources reserved to a radio signal other than the firstradio signal, and the Y1 is a non-negative integer not greater than theY; if the second radio signal is detected in a target time window, atime-domain position of time-domain resources occupied by the secondradio signal in the target time window is used for determining the Y1candidate time sub-window(s) from the Y candidate time sub-window(s),and the target time window is one of the M time window(s).

Embodiment 14

Embodiment 14 illustrates an example of a structure block diagram of aprocessing device in a second-type communication node according to oneembodiment, as shown in FIG. 14. In FIG. 14, the processing device 1400in the second-type communication node includes a first transmitter 1401.The first transmitter 1401 includes the transmitter/receiver 416(including the antenna 420), the transmitting processor 415 and thecontroller/processor 440 illustrated in FIG. 4 of the disclosure.

In Embodiment 14, the first transmitter 1401 transmits first informationand second information; wherein the first information is used fordetermining X candidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate timewindow(s) has a time length equal to a first time length, the first timelength is fixed, and the X is a positive integer; a first radio signalis transmitted by a receiver of the first information in W1 timesub-window(s), for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by thefirst radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) includes Ycandidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the secondinformation is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and theY is a positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).

In one embodiment, any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows areorthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderlyaccording to time sequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s)is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate time sub-window(s) among theY candidate time sub-windows.

In one embodiment, the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to oneof Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets includes a positive integer number of candidate timesub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining from the Q candidate time sub-windowsets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidate timesub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window sets includetwo candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other, candidatetime sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal toeach other constitute one of the Q candidate time sub-window sets, andthe Q is a positive integer greater than 2.

In one embodiment, the first transmitter 1401 further transmits thirdinformation; wherein the third information is used for determining theW1 time sub-window(s) from the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.

The ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or part steps inthe above method may be implemented by instructing related hardwarethrough a program. The program may be stored in a computer readablestorage medium, for example Read-Only Memory (ROM), hard disk or compactdisc, etc. Optionally, all or part steps in the above embodiments alsomay be implemented by one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly,each module unit in the above embodiment may be realized in the form ofhardware, or in the form of software function modules. The disclosure isnot limited to any combination of hardware and software in specificforms. The first-type communication node or UE or terminal in thedisclosure includes but not limited to mobile phones, tablet computers,notebooks, network cards, low-power equipment, enhanced MTC (eMTC)equipment, NB-IOT equipment, vehicle-mounted communication equipment,aircrafts, airplanes, unmanned aerial vehicles, telecontrolledaircrafts, and other radio communication equipment. The second-typecommunication node or base station or network-side equipment in thedisclosure includes but not limited to macro-cellular base stations,micro-cellular base stations, home base stations, relay base stations,eNBs, gNBs, TRPs, relay satellites, satellite base stations, air basestations, and other radio communication equipment.

The above are merely the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and arenot intended to limit the scope of protection of the disclosure. Anymodification, equivalent substitute and improvement made within thespirit and principle of the disclosure are intended to be includedwithin the scope of protection of the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method in a first-type communication node forwireless communications, comprising: receiving first information andsecond information; and transmitting a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s), the first radio signal is transmitted through sidelink;wherein the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupiedby the first radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s)comprises Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to thesubcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal;the second information is used for indicating W candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is apositive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not less than the W;and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate timesub-window(s).
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein any two ofthe Y candidate time sub-windows are orthogonal, the Y candidate timesub-windows are arranged orderly according to time sequence, and the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) is(are) W consecutively arranged candidatetime sub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-windows.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the W candidate time sub-window(s)belong(s) to one of Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of theQ candidate time sub-window sets comprises a positive integer number ofcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s);the second information is used for determining out of the Q candidatetime sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-windowsets comprise two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to eachother, candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-windowsets orthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than
 2. 4. Themethod according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving thirdinformation; and transmitting a first signaling; wherein the thirdinformation is used for determining the W1 time sub-window(s) out of theW candidate time sub-window(s) and frequency-domain resources occupiedby the first radio signal, the first signaling is used for indicatingthe W1 time sub-window(s) and the frequency-domain resources occupied bythe first radio signal, and the first signaling is transmitted via afirst air interface.
 5. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising: monitoring a second radio signal in M time window(s);wherein a monitor of the second radio signal assumes that there aretime-domain resources reserved for a radio signal other than the firstradio signal within X1 candidate time window(s) of the X candidate timewindow(s), and the X1 is a non-negative integer not greater than the X;when the second radio signal is detected in one of the M time window(s),a time-domain position of the second radio signal is used fordetermining the X1 candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate timewindow(s); and an end time of any one of the M time window(s) is notlater than a start time of any one of the X candidate time window(s),and the M is a positive integer.
 6. The method according to claim 5,wherein a monitor of the second radio signal assumes that there aretime-domain resources reserved for a radio signal other than the firstradio signal within Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s), and the Y1 is a non-negative integer notgreater than the Y; when the second radio signal is detected in a targettime window, a time-domain position of time-domain resources occupied bythe second radio signal in the target time window is used fordetermining the Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidatetime sub-window(s), and the target time window is one of the M timewindow(s).
 7. A method in a second-type communication node for wirelesscommunications, comprising: transmitting first information and secondinformation; wherein the first information is used for determining Xcandidate time window(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) hasa time length equal to a first time length, the first time length isfixed, and the X is a positive integer; a first radio signal istransmitted by a receiver of the first information in W1 timesub-window(s), the first radio signal is transmitted through sidelink;for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the first radiosignal, one of the X candidate time window(s) comprises Y candidate timesub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrier spacing of thesubcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the second information isused for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and the Y isa positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).
 8. Themethod according to claim 7, wherein any two of the Y candidate timesub-windows are orthogonal, the Y candidate time sub-windows arearranged orderly according to time sequence, and the W candidate timesub-window(s) is(are) W consecutively arranged candidate timesub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-windows.
 9. The methodaccording to claim 7, wherein the W candidate time sub-window(s)belong(s) to one of Q candidate time sub-window sets, and any one of theQ candidate time sub-window sets comprises a positive integer number ofcandidate time sub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s);the second information is used for determining out of the Q candidatetime sub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-windowsets comprise two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to eachother, candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-windowsets orthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than
 2. 10. Themethod according to claim 7, further comprising: transmitting thirdinformation; wherein the third information is used for determining theW1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.
 11. Afirst-type communication node for wireless communications, comprising: afirst receiver, to receive first information and second information; anda first transceiver, to transmit a first radio signal in W1 timesub-window(s), the first radio signal is transmitted through sidelink;wherein the first information is used for determining X candidate timewindow(s), any one of the X candidate time window(s) has a time lengthequal to a first time length, the first time length is fixed, and the Xis a positive integer; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupiedby the first radio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s)comprises Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to thesubcarrier spacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal;the second information is used for indicating W candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is apositive integer, and the Y is a positive integer not less than the W;and each of the W1 time sub-window(s) is one of the W candidate timesub-window(s).
 12. The first-type communication node according to claim11, wherein any two of the Y candidate time sub-windows are orthogonal,the Y candidate time sub-windows are arranged orderly according to timesequence, and the W candidate time sub-window(s) is(are) W consecutivelyarranged candidate time sub-window(s) among the Y candidate timesub-windows.
 13. The first-type communication node according to claim11, wherein the W candidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to one of Qcandidate time sub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets comprises a positive integer number of candidate timesub-window(s) out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the secondinformation is used for determining out of the Q candidate timesub-window sets a candidate time sub-window set to which the W candidatetime sub-window(s) belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window setscomprise two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to each other,candidate time sub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window setsorthogonal to each other constitute one of the Q candidate timesub-window sets, and the Q is a positive integer greater than
 2. 14. Thefirst-type communication node according to claim 11, wherein the firstreceiver receives third information, and the first transceiver transmitsa first signaling; wherein the third information is used for determiningthe W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, the firstsignaling is used for indicating the W1 time sub-window(s) and thefrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal, and thefirst signaling is transmitted via a first air interface.
 15. Thefirst-type communication node according to claim 11, wherein the firsttransceiver monitors a second radio signal in M time window(s); whereina monitor of the second radio signal assumes that there are time-domainresources reserved to a radio signal other than the first radio signalwithin X1 candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate timewindow(s), and the X1 is a non-negative integer not greater than the X;when the second radio signal is detected in one of the M time window(s),a time-domain position of the second radio signal is used fordetermining the X1 candidate time window(s) out of the X candidate timewindow(s); and an end time of any one of the M time window(s) is notlater than a start time of any one of the X candidate time window(s),and the M is a positive integer.
 16. The first-type communication nodeaccording to claim 15, wherein a monitor of the second radio signalassumes that there are time-domain resources reserved to a radio signalother than the first radio signal within Y1 candidate time sub-window(s)out of the Y candidate time sub-window(s), and the Y1 is a non-negativeinteger not greater than the Y; when the second radio signal is detectedin a target time window, a time-domain position of time-domain resourcesoccupied by the second radio signal in the target time window is usedfor determining the Y1 candidate time sub-window(s) out of the Ycandidate time sub-window(s), and the target time window is one of the Mtime window(s).
 17. A second-type communication node for wirelesscommunications, comprising: a first transmitter, to transmit firstinformation and second information; wherein the first information isused for determining X candidate time window(s), any one of the Xcandidate time window(s) has a time length equal to a first time length,the first time length is fixed, and the X is a positive integer; a firstradio signal is transmitted by a receiver of the first information in W1time sub-window(s), the first radio signal is transmitted throughsidelink; for a subcarrier spacing of a subcarrier occupied by the firstradio signal, one of the X candidate time window(s) comprises Ycandidate time sub-window(s), and the Y is related to the subcarrierspacing of the subcarrier occupied by the first radio signal; the secondinformation is used for indicating W candidate time sub-window(s) out ofthe Y candidate time sub-window(s), the W is a positive integer, and theY is a positive integer not less than the W; and each of the W1 timesub-window(s) is one of the W candidate time sub-window(s).
 18. Thesecond-type communication node according to claim 17, wherein any two ofthe Y candidate time sub-windows are orthogonal, the Y candidate timesub-windows are arranged orderly according to time sequence, and the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) is(are) W consecutively arranged candidatetime sub-window(s) among the Y candidate time sub-windows.
 19. Thesecond-type communication node according to claim 17, wherein the Wcandidate time sub-window(s) belong(s) to one of Q candidate timesub-window sets, and any one of the Q candidate time sub-window setscomprises a positive integer number of candidate time sub-window(s) outof the Y candidate time sub-window(s); the second information is usedfor determining out of the Q candidate time sub-window sets a candidatetime sub-window set to which the W candidate time sub-window(s)belong(s); the Q candidate time sub-window sets comprise two candidatetime sub-window sets orthogonal to each other, candidate timesub-windows in the two candidate time sub-window sets orthogonal to eachother constitute one of the Q candidate time sub-window sets, and the Qis a positive integer greater than
 2. 20. The second-type communicationnode according to claim 17, wherein the first transmitter transmitsthird information; wherein the third information is used for determiningthe W1 time sub-window(s) out of the W candidate time sub-window(s) andfrequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal.